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The findings of this most recent survey support the argument that atheists are persistent cultural outsiders in the United States because they are perceived to have rejected cultural values and practices understood as essential to private morality, civic virtue, and national identity. Moreover, any refusal to embrace a religious identity of any type is troubling for a large portion of Americans.<ref>[http://cla.umn.edu/news-events/news/atheists-remain-most-disliked-religious-minority-us Atheists Remain Most Disliked Religious Minority in the US]</ref>}}
The findings of this most recent survey support the argument that atheists are persistent cultural outsiders in the United States because they are perceived to have rejected cultural values and practices understood as essential to private morality, civic virtue, and national identity. Moreover, any refusal to embrace a religious identity of any type is troubling for a large portion of Americans.<ref>[http://cla.umn.edu/news-events/news/atheists-remain-most-disliked-religious-minority-us Atheists Remain Most Disliked Religious Minority in the US]</ref>}}
=== Atheism is un-American viewpoint ===
''See also:'' [[Atheism is un-American viewpoint]]
The 2013 Freedom of Thought report published the International [[Secular humanism|Humanist]] and Ethical Union indicates: "...the U.S. has long been home to a social and political atmosphere in which atheists and the non-religious are made to feel like lesser Americans or non-Americans."<ref>[http://freethoughtreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/FOTReport2013.pdf 2013 Freedom of Thought] by International Humanist and Ethical Union</ref>
The atheist Phil Zuckerman wrote in his ''Psychology Today'' article ''Why Americans Hate Atheists'':
{{Cquote|'''1.''' Americans equate a lack of religiosity in general – or atheism specifically – with immorality.
'''2.''' Americans equate a lack of religiosity in general – or atheism specifically – with being un-American and/or unpatriotic.
'''3.''' There is no stigma concerning the expressed dislike of the non-religious. While there is a stigma (to varying degrees, depending on one’s social milieu) attached to being racist, or anti-Semitic, or [[Islamophobia|Islamophobic]]... – there has never existed a social or cultural backlash against people who openly express disdain for secular folks. So people simply feel much more comfortable expressing their dislike for atheists than, say, Latinas/os or women.<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-secular-life/201406/why-americans-hate-atheists Why Americans Hate Atheists] by Phil Zuckerman</ref>}}
== Atheism in America: Demographics and trends in American secularism ==
== Atheism in America: Demographics and trends in American secularism ==